Bulb mounting device, apparatus and method
OwnerJimmy M. Krebsinventor
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Abstract
There is described herein a bulb mounting method including bulb mounting device in the form of a pair of hollow half cylinders hinged together along one edge and arranged to substantially envelop a bulb socket. Protruding flanges on the half cylinders are positioned to catch against the rear surface of a mounting board when the device is inserted into a receptacle hole, and tab members are positioned on the half cylinders forward of the flanges, to be inserted through the receptacle hole and to catch against the front surface of the mounting board.
Claims20
A mounting device for securing a bulb socket within a receptacle hole of a mounting member, the mounting member having a front and rear surface defined thereon, the mounting device comprising:
- first and second hollow members hinged together along an adjacent side for forming an enclosure for the bulb socket;
- flanges protruding from said hollow members for abutting the rear surface of the mounting member when said mounting device is inserted into the receptacle hole;
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- flexible tab members protruding from said hollow members and spaced from said flanges for passing through the receptacle hole during insertion of said mounting device into the receptacle hole and for abutting the front surface of the mounting member when said mounting device is inserted into the receptacle hole.
A decorative lighting assembly for mounting electrical bulb sockets, comprising:
- a mounting member having a front and rear surface defined thereon and receptacle holes defined therein;
- a mounting device for substantially enclosing and mounting the bulbs, said mounting device comprising;
- (a) first and second hollow members hinged together along an adjacent side for forming an enclosure for the bulb socket;
- (b) flanges protruding from said hollow members for abutting said rear surface of said mounting member when said mounting device is inserted into said receptacle hole;
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- (c) flexible tab members protruding from said hollow members and spaced from said flanges for passing through said receptacle hole during insertion of said mounting device into said receptacle hole and for abutting said front surface of said mounting member when said mounting device is inserted into said receptacle hole.
A method for mounting electrical bulb sockets, comprising:
- providing receptacle holes in a mounting member, said mounting member having a front and rear surface defined thereon;
- substantially enclosing a bulb socket within a mounting device, said mounting device comprising;
- (a) first and second hollow members hinged together along an adjacent side for forming an enclosure for said bulb socket,
- (b) flanges protruding from said hollow members for abutting said rear surface of said mounting member when said mounting device is inserted into said receptacle hole, and
- (c) flexible tab members protruding from said hollow members, spaced from said flanges, for passing through said receptacle hole and for abutting said front surface of said mounting member when said mounting device is inserted into said receptacle hole;
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- inserting said mounting device into said receptacle hole until said flanges abut said rear surface of said mounting member and said tab members abut said front surface of said mounting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.